Acts 21:35 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁵ When they got to the stairway [of the headquarters building] the soldiers had to carry Paul because of the [unrestrained] violence of the mob,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁵ And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁵ And when [Paul] came to mount the steps, he was actually being carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁵ And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

Common English Bible

³⁵ When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers in order to protect him from the violence of the crowd.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁵ And when he had arrived at the stairs, it happened that he was carried up by the soldiers, because of the threat of violence from the people.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁵ And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people.

Acts 21:35 Cross References

Luke 13:7

So, he said to the orchard worker, ‘Look, I have been coming [here] looking for figs for three years now, but have not found any. Cut down the tree, [for] why should it waste the space [i.e., by not producing]?’

Acts 21:40

And when the commander gave him permission, Paul stood on the stairway and motioned to the people with his hand [for attention]. When they completely quieted down, he spoke to them in the Hebrew [i.e., Aramaic] language, saying,

Acts 24:7

{Some ancient manuscripts add this verse} and we would have judged him according to our law but commander Lysias came and forcibly took him out of our hands